New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0684124858 . First edition, with Scribner A-4.72 (V) code on copyright page. The much-admired short stories featuring Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams character have been rearranged chronologically in this posthumous edition (rather than in the order in which Hemingway originally wrote them). Includes eight previously unpublished stories and a preface by Philip Young. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with facsimile Hemingway signature in gilt on cover, gilt-stamped titling on spine; reddish-brown endpapers. Jacket with woodsy wrap-around woodcut illustration by Walter Ferro. --- With sunning to edges of cloth covers, otherwise a tightly-bound, clean & unmarked copy. Bright dust jacket with open tear near tail of spine, other small tears and chips at extremities, bears original $7.95 flap price and in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (2), 268 pages .

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The Nick Adams Stories is a volume of short stories written by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway's short stories which featured the character Nick Adams were compiled in one volume and republished posthumously in 1972. The Nick Adams Stories includes 24 stories and sketches, 8 of which were previously unpublished. Some of Hemingway's earliest work such as "Indian Camp" is represented, as well as some of his best known stories such as "Big Two-Hearted River".

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 86553
Title: The Nick Adams Stories
Author: HEMINGWAY, Ernest
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0684124858
ISBN 13: 9780684124858
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1972
Keywords: 0684124858

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